drjohnso1182 wrote:I hope you get some good weather this weekend; the forecast's not looking very good.

Weather was perfect!!! Sunny and dry the whole time. It just started to drizzle as we pulled out on Sunday afternoon.

I learned a ton about setting anchors. I set a tricam (passive, not active) and the guide declared one of my stoppers to be a "bomber set, dude". As far as climbing, I did OK. I nailed a couple 5.6-5.8 routes and took a solid half hour straight on belay before I topped out the 5.9. Later in the afternoon, I tried a 5.10 face climb. I forget the name, but it's the one a footwall on West Bluff that runs between two cracks but the cracks are off limits (Oil Slick maybe?). I failed spectacularly (didn't get more than about 20 feet up), but was pleased that I did a few moves without cheating.

drjohnso1182 wrote:I hope you get some good weather this weekend; the forecast's not looking very good.

Weather was perfect!!! Sunny and dry the whole time. It just started to drizzle as we pulled out on Sunday afternoon.

I learned a ton about setting anchors. I set a tricam (passive, not active) and the guide declared one of my stoppers to be a "bomber set, dude". As far as climbing, I did OK. I nailed a couple 5.6-5.8 routes and took a solid half hour straight on belay before I topped out the 5.9. Later in the afternoon, I tried a 5.10 face climb. I forget the name, but it's the one a footwall on West Bluff that runs between two cracks but the cracks are off limits (Oil Slick maybe?). I failed spectacularly (didn't get more than about 20 feet up), but was pleased that I did a few moves without cheating.

drjohnso1182 wrote:I hope you get some good weather this weekend; the forecast's not looking very good.

Weather was perfect!!! Sunny and dry the whole time. It just started to drizzle as we pulled out on Sunday afternoon.

I learned a ton about setting anchors. I set a tricam (passive, not active) and the guide declared one of my stoppers to be a "bomber set, dude". As far as climbing, I did OK. I nailed a couple 5.6-5.8 routes and took a solid half hour straight on belay before I topped out the 5.9. Later in the afternoon, I tried a 5.10 face climb. I forget the name, but it's the one a footwall on West Bluff that runs between two cracks but the cracks are off limits (Oil Slick maybe?). I failed spectacularly (didn't get more than about 20 feet up), but was pleased that I did a few moves without cheating.